Personal Assistant to the Headteacher and the Senior Leadership Team (SLT)

Carterton Community College, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 1BU

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  31st August 2026

• Closing date

  12 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  26 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,598.00 - £31,022.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 7 (13-17): £28,598 – £31,022 pro rata

Personal Assistant to the Headteacher and the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) job summary

Are you highly organised, have excellent inter-personal skills and thrive in a busy working environment? We are seeking to recruit an experienced individual to support our leaders and managers within this busy organisation. This is a varied and interesting administrative role ideally suited to someone who has the ability to combine working to a high standard in a confidential environment with being approachable, empathetic and positive.

A full job description and person specification are available, but in summary key aspects of the role will involve:

Supporting the Headteacher primarily and Senior Leadership Team with general and administrative duties;

Prioritising work and working systematically;

Dealing with email and telephone enquiries, visitors and routine correspondence on behalf of the Headteacher in accordance with school policies;

Dealing with email and telephone enquiries, visitors and transactional HR correspondence on behalf of the Business Manager in accordance with school policies;

Arranging meetings, taking minutes and providing administrative support;

Organising, collating and assisting with documents and related materials for meetings, including Governors’ meetings;

Proof-reading and quality assuring documents and correspondence.

All recruitment processes - Adverts (through My New Term), Job Descriptions, Arranging interviews, gathering all documentation to comply with safer recruitment

Writing of contracts

Contractual changes

DBS checks

Sponsorship application
Manage the Single Central Record

In return we offer candidates: friendly and welcoming students; a culture based on shared values; committed and professional colleagues and good professional development opportunities and support.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Oxfordshire Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post involves the type of work with children and young people that requires applicants to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All users are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Carterton Community College

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 743 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Carterton Community College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/carterton-community-college

Carterton Community College is a rural college, with a real sense of community, bordering the Cotswolds and within easy commuting distance of Oxford, Cheltenham and Swindon.

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